Jay Leno’s Wife Mavis Says She ‘Feels Great’ at Unfrosted Premiere in Los Angeles After He Was Granted Dementia Diagnosis and Guardianship

Jay Leno and his wife of nearly 44 years, Mavis Nicholson Leno, enjoyed a date night at the Hollywood premiere of the Netflix movie Unfrosted on Tuesday, three weeks after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted guardianship in the midst of his dementia diagnosis.

‘I feel great, yes!’ said the 77-year-old philanthropist Eastern Time on the red carpet of the Egyptian Theater.

The former Tonight Show host added, “I thought I’d do something fun for a change.” It’s all so controversial. Just coming to see a fun, silly movie is great. I think people will have a great time. Well, we go out every day. We have a great time. 44 years! So we are doing well.”

Jay may have turned 74 on Sunday, but he said they didn’t do anything special because he’s “not a big birthday boy.”

‘None of us [are]!’ Mavis added, resting her head on Leno. “We just have each other.”

The two-time Emmy winner agreed: “My life is a party anyway, so every day is a good day.”

Jay and the Feminist Majority Foundation board member, who never had children, originally met in 1976 while he was performing at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood.

Leno filed for guardianship of Mavis on Jan. 26 to manage her “advanced dementia” care and establish a living trust to ensure she has future care in the event of his death.

According Peoplereported Dr. Hart Cohen, the San Francisco-born philanthropist “sometimes doesn’t know her husband or his date of birth” and “is very disoriented, reflecting on her parents, who are deceased.”

Mavis’ neurologist added that the New York-born comedian is “a very nice man and treats her like gold” and she considers him “her protector and she trusts him.”

His health battle comes just over a year since Jay suffered a broken collarbone, two broken ribs and two fractured kneecaps after crashing his vintage motorcycle in Las Vegas.

This, six months after Leno suffered second- and third-degree burns “from a gasoline fire” while working on a 1907 White Steam Car at his Big Dog Garage in Burbank.

The Bug Therapy actor received skin grafts ‘from a cadaver and pig intestines’ to recreate his left ear and the left side of his face at the Grossman Burn Center in Burbank, according to People.

It’s been two years since Jay filmed his role as legendary talk show host Ed Sullivan in Midas Man, Sara Sugarman’s long-delayed biopic about Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and it’s still unclear when he’ll see the film. light.